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🎙️ Breaking: CBA Launches Hall of Fame — Meet the Class of 2025! |
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The Colorado Broadcasters Association is proud to officially launch the CBA Hall of Fame, a new and prestigious initiative honoring the individuals who have shaped, elevated, and defined the broadcasting landscape across our state.
The inaugural class of inductees includes nine legendary broadcasters whose careers have left a lasting impact on Colorado media. Their dedication, innovation, and leadership set the gold standard for excellence in our industry.
🎖️ Congratulations to the 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees:
Mark Cornetta, Tom Green, Rex Howell, Harry Hoth, Murphy Huston, Lee Larsen, Dick Maynard, Gene O’Fallon & Denise Plante
These industry icons will be formally inducted during our new signature event:
🎲 Raise the Mic: A Hall of Fame Night of Giving
🗓️ Friday, October 24
📍 The Dome at AMG, Greenwood Village
This exciting evening will feature the Hall of Fame awards ceremony, a casino night, silent auction, and fundraising efforts to support both the Broadcasters Education & Development Scholarship and our charity partner, Firefly Autism. |
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🍻 Broadcasters & Brews – Colorado Springs Edition |
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The Colorado Broadcasters Association is excited to kick off our brand-new networking series: Broadcasters & Brews—a fun, laid-back happy hour for broadcasters to connect, unwind, and share stories off the air.
đź“… Thursday, September 25th at 5:30 PM
📍 CO Mountain Brewing – 1110 Interquest Pkwy, Colorado Springs
🍻 Free to attend – just cover your own food & drinks!
This first event is taking place in Colorado Springs, but keep an eye out—we’ll be rotating this event to different markets across the state every few months, so there’s a good chance we’ll be coming to a city near you soon!
Whether you're in TV, radio, podcasting, or any part of the broadcast world, all are welcome.
👉 RSVP & follow along for future events: Colorado Broadcasters Association Meetup |
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Virtual Job Fair October 13th |
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The CBA will facilitate a Virtual Job Fair the week of October 13th. Virtual Job Fairs fulfill the FCC option of participating in “at least four job fairs” during a 2-year period. By participating in four virtual job fairs within a 2-year period, a station fulfills one requirement of the third prong (supplemental efforts) of the FCC’s Options Menu.
FREE for CBA Members, $100 for Non-Members.
Register by Wednesday, October 8th at 5:00 PM.
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EAS Statewide Required Monthly Test |
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September 17th @ 9:45 am the RMT will originate from the National Weather Service (Denver/Boulder) and distribute through KOA-AM as a Statewide EAS.
The 2025 Statewide EAS RMT schedule is available below!
Please share this information with your Engineer!
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Sage Releases Firmware Fix
Sage has released an update to its most recent firmware for its Digital ENDEC model 3644.
The issue only applies to its U.S. users.
In its Aug. 27 Rev96-1 firmware release, Sage found that character generators and LED signs may display alerts in the “severe” color, regardless of the type of alert. |
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2025 CBI National Student Production Awards Finalists |
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The finalists for the 2025 CBI National Student Production Awards have been announced—recognizing the best in college radio, TV, and digital media from across the country. With over 900 entries and 40 categories, this year’s competition highlights the creativity and innovation of student media like never before.
🏆 See who made the list and get details on this fall’s National Student Electronic Media Convention in Denver! |
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Free RAB Professional Development Courses |
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The CBA offers free RAB Professional Development Courses to members. Enjoy three free courses, per ownership, per market during the CBA’s fiscal year (July-June).
The RAB Professional Development Courses combine video with text, learner interaction, and online quizzes for a complete learning experience: the most relevant training available in an entertaining, easy learning format. Click the button below to apply.
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Non-Commercial Supporting Announcements (NCSA) |
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Current NCSA Campaigns |
NCSA messages are vital to the CBA. Keep us advocating for you and fulfill community ascertainment requirements with these messages.
Download messages by clicking the button below.
Current NCSA Partners:
• Apprenticeship Colorado (7/1 through 9/30/2025)
• Energy Outreach Colorado (10/1 through 12/31/2025)
• Work Opportunity Tax Credit (9/1 through 11/30/2025)
Questions?
Contact [email protected] or call (720) 536-5427
Thank you for supporting the CBA!
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The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a federal tax credit that encourages employers to hire targeted groups of job seekers. WOTC can reduce employer federal tax liability by as much as $2,400 to $9,600 per new hire. The Colorado Department of Labor & Employment has teamed with the CBA to bring statewide awareness to this tax credit opportunity. |
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2025 FCC Regulatory Fees Dues Sept. 25th
The FCC has released its 2025 Regulatory Fees for radio, television and all other licensees.
The payment deadline is September 25, 2025 at 11:59pm (Eastern).
The Colorado Broadcasters Association’s continued advocacy work with the FCC has resulted in another decrease in broadcaster’s regulatory fees this year.
TV fees, listed by call letters, can be found at this link. Radio fees are in the table below. |
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New EAS Code for Missing & Endangered Persons Takes Effect September 8
From John Baich, State Emergency Communications Committee
September 8 is the effective date of the new EAS Missing and Endangered Persons event code to be used by all EAS Participants, including broadcast stations. In August 2024, the FCC adopted a Report and Order creating a new EAS event code for persons over the age of 17 who are missing or abducted from states, territories, or tribal communities (known as Ashanti Alerts), but delayed its effective date to provide EAS Participants with enough time to update their EAS systems to use the code. |
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FCC Reminds Stations to File EAS Form One by October 3rd
By Nick Langan, RadioWorld
While the Emergency Alert System’s future is examined, the FCC sent out a reminder this week of the requirement for all stations to file the EAS Test Reporting System Form One.
ETRS Form One for 2025 must be submitted by Oct. 3.
The form includes identifying EAS designation, monitoring assignments, facility location, equipment type and contact information. |
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